Zhou Kebing, Zhou Yu, Zeng Yuena, Zhang Jiahui, Cai Xiaoyan, Qin Jieying, Li Zhiying, Yan Fengxia
School of Nursing, Jinan University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Department of Rehabilitation, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2023 Mar 15;19:601-613. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S400923. eCollection 2023.
Transcranial direct current stimulation has been widely used in the clinical treatment of stroke. The purpose of this study was to perform a bibliometric analysis of scientific literature in this field.
Articles and reviews regarding transcranial direct current stimulation in stroke from January 01, 2004 to May 31, 2022 were identified from the Science Citation Index-Expanded of the Web of Science Core Collection database. CiteSpace 6.1.R2, and the Bibliometric Online Analysis Platform were used to analyze data.
A total of 905 papers were obtained, with the highest number of publications coming from the USA. The institutions and authors with the most publications were Harvard Medical School and Fregni F respectively. Nitsche MA had the most co-citations, followed by Fregni F. Neurosciences was the most fruitful research area and Brain Stimulation had the highest H-index. The research topics could be divided into three sections: mechanisms of treatment, comparison of efficacy with transcranial magnetic stimulation, clinical application of post-stroke dysfunction. The field of "walking", "strength" and "virtual reality therapy" are the future research hotspots of transcranial direct current stimulation.
The overall research showed a slow growth trend, and the outstanding contribution of the USA in this field cannot be ignored. Relevant researchers are suggested to focus on international collaboration and actively conduct high-quality randomized controlled clinical trials on research hotspots and frontiers in order to identify the optimal stimulation paradigm for clinical purposes.
经颅直流电刺激已广泛应用于中风的临床治疗。本研究旨在对该领域的科学文献进行文献计量分析。
从科学网核心合集数据库的科学引文索引扩展版中检索2004年1月1日至2022年5月31日期间有关经颅直流电刺激治疗中风的文章和综述。使用CiteSpace 6.1.R2和文献计量在线分析平台进行数据分析。
共获得905篇论文，发表数量最多的国家是美国。发表论文最多的机构和作者分别是哈佛医学院和弗雷尼·F。尼茨che·马的共被引次数最多，其次是弗雷尼·F。神经科学是成果最丰硕的研究领域，《脑刺激》的H指数最高。研究主题可分为三个部分：治疗机制、与经颅磁刺激的疗效比较、中风后功能障碍的临床应用。“步行”“力量”和“虚拟现实疗法”领域是经颅直流电刺激未来的研究热点。
总体研究呈缓慢增长趋势，美国在该领域的突出贡献不容忽视。建议相关研究人员注重国际合作，积极针对研究热点和前沿开展高质量的随机对照临床试验，以确定临床适用的最佳刺激模式。
